University Hospitals Serve 3 thousand Patients daily
DAMASCUS,(ST)_ University hospitals in Syria, are the oldest teaching , therapeutic, and the largest hospitals in the region, renowned for graduating professional doctors and specialists.
According to the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Mohamed Yehia the educational hospitals work to achieve three objectives : to provide free diagnostic and therapeutic medical services for citizens : clinical training for medical students in public universities and students of medical schools and nursing schools , and to conduct studies and research.
The Minister explained that university hospitals offer wide and quality medical services , noting that total number of patients who attended the hospitals in 2012 was 1178675 patients, with average number of admitted patients per day was 3229 patients.
Number of medical services provided in all university hospitals was 5777401 in 2012 included X-rays and lab tests physical hearings , chemical and radiological and synthetic college sessions.
The minister continued that higher education universities, and in particular al-Bairouni hospital provides health services to treat patients with tumors for free, at a budget estimated at 5.1 billion Syrian pounds for chemical drugs annually to treat patients with tumors, in addition to tumors treatment units in Tishreen University hospital, Aleppo al- Kindi hospital University and the University Children’s Hospital in Damascus.
He added that the country ‘s university hospitals create an enabling environment for the development of medical scientific research in Syria through the formation of research units within each hospital and the establishment of scientific research for medical schools and institutions of higher education and other government health institutions and conducting Masters and Graduate Studies .
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